Minnesota’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
March 6, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the March 8, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
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Minnesota Cuffs & Collars: Man looking to “escape the hustle and bustle of the East Coast” stranded on Red Lake WMA
Staff Report
March 6, 2024
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the March 8, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Penalties under Minnesota House bill raised for buffer offenses
Margaret Stevens
March 6, 2024
Passed in 2015, Minnesota’s buffer law requiring perennial vegetation on lands bordering waters was called Gov. Mark Dayton’s signature clean-water legislation.
It’s undergone a few tweaks since its first iteration and could see another
USDA announces general CRP signup as farmers, conservationists await details of next farm bill
John Pollmann
March 6, 2024
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture were in Sioux Falls last weekend at the 2024 National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic to announce that the department’s Farm Service Agency has authorized a new general
Minnesota Mixed Bag: Minnesota Deer and Turkey Classic begins Friday
Staff and News Reports
March 6, 2024
The 2024 Minnesota Deer and Turkey Classic kicks off Friday at Canterbury Park in Shakopee and continues through Sunday.
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Clay target lead-ban bill is wrong for many reasons
Minnesota Letters To The Editor
March 6, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 8, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Some “hard feelings” come with Minnesota DNR changes to record fish program
Rob Drieslein
March 6, 2024
The Minnesota DNR unveiled its revamped state record fish program, and the changes include relegating pre-1980 records to a new “noncertified” category.
That includes the longstanding state record 17-pound, 8-ounce walleye that Hermantown’s Leroy
Minnesota moose population ‘stable,’ while elk count is called off by DNR due to lack of snow
Tim Spielman
March 6, 2024
On the same day the DNR announced survey results showing a stable moose population in northeastern Minnesota, state officials in the northwest reported a lack of snow – required for an accurate count – grounded
Shotgun zone, DNR oversight debated at Minnesota Capitol
Brian Mozey
March 6, 2024
The Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee met Thursday, Feb. 29, to discuss and advance legislation. The bills focused on eliminating the shotgun zone, establishing a Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee, and the Keep it
